Market AnalysisClient Assets / CASS skills

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Introduction

Over the course of the past few years there has been an increasing demand for highly skilled professionals with CASS expertise within financial services. I would like to establish if this has had a clear impact on salaries, from the information I have garnered through the vast amount of conversations I have held during this time period, it seems like salaries are experiencing somewhat of an upward trend. I conducted this survey with the aiming of finding out if that was the case.

Salary Trends

100%

Demonstrates a trend of increasing salaries,100% of respondents received a pay rise in2016, this obviously speaks for itself!

Certainly shows a large degree of confidencethat the market will demand uplifts andemployers risk losing staff if they don’t react.

Of people received a salary uplift in 2016

Bonuses

80%of people received an

increased bonus in 2016

75%Of bonuses are paid in

December, January and March

Pay Range Percentage of Respondents

0-5% 20%

5-10% 10%

10-15% 35%

15-20% 25%

20%+ 10%

Percentage of base salaryexpected in bonus payment:

10

-15

%

35%

15

-20

%

25%

5-1

0%

10%

20

%+

10%

0-5

%

20%

A

100%of respondents felt that their CASS

skill set is in very high demand

When asked if they felt there is enoughinvestment into graduates / entry level candidatesto develop a future generation of CASS talent:

33%of respondents had seen a certain

amount of investment, but mentioned a little more would be beneficial

67%of respondents feel that there needs to

be further investment; in their experience companies are not planning

enough in this area

Conclusion

My conclusion from the survey is that salaries within the CASS space areexperiencing an upward trend, and, in addition there is an expectation from 100%respondents that their skill set is in very high demand, that will no doubt bringfurther demand for increased salaries next year.

Interestingly people who have a CASS specialist skill set do not feel there is enoughinvestment or training for a future generation of skilled people in this area.

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Market AnalysisClient Assets / CASS skills

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